In addition, the program has safeguarded 429 nuclear-weapon train shipments, boosted security at 24 nuclear weapons storage facilities and constructed 17 biological agent monitoring stations. It removed all nuclear weapons from Ukraine, Kazakhstan and Belarus, nations that once respectively held the world's third-, fourth- and eighth-largest nuclear arsenals.

Biological monitoring stations conduct disease outbreak detection and work with medical experts in the region and the United States. Eight facilities are located in Uzbekistan, five in Georgia, two in Kazakhstan and one in both Azerbaijan and Ukraine.

By sponsoring the International Science and Technology Centers, the Nunn-Lugar program has also helped to provide civilian opportunities for 58,000 former weapons scientists. The Energy Department's Global Initiatives for Proliferation Prevention has involved thousands of former weapons personnel in 750 projects and established 2,300 technology-sector positions (U.S. Senator Richard Lugar release, March 16).

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